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plane table
1or plain table
noun
, Surveying.
- a drawing board mounted on a tripod, used in the field, with an alidade, for surveying tracts of land.
plane-table
2[ pleyn-tey-buhl ]
verb (used with or without object)
, plane-ta·bled, plane-ta·bling.
- to survey with a plane table.
plane table
noun
- a surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board mounted on adjustable legs, and used in the field for plotting measurements directly
verb
- to survey (a plot of land) using a plane table
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Word History and Origins
Origin of plane table1
First recorded in 1600–10
Origin of plane table2
First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences
Gujjar Singh, with the plane-table, was detained by bad weather higher up the valley.
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Work on the wireless masts went on apace, and the geologist was abroad with his plane-table every day.
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Stillwell commenced a contoured plane-table survey of the neighbourhood of Winter Quarters.
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The finer ground matter is washed on a plane table, over which a current of water is made to flow.
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When the neighbourhood of iron renders the use of the magnet uncertain, a plate or plane table is employed.
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